Posted by Bill Hadden, ESQ., Robert Wexler, ESQ. Having represented many peace officers in cases that have involved, in differing respects, fitness for duty evaluation, it is our experience that line officers, management and the medical community alike have little grasp of what rights and obligations attached to each of […]
Posted by Tawni Olson Parr Following three days of the hearing, Arbitrator Richard C. Anthony concluded that Tehama County Sheriff’s Department lacked justification for the termination of Jon Meek from his position as sergeant. Meek was represented by this author, an LDF panel attorney with Goyette & Associates, Inc. In […]
Posted by Alison Berry Wilkinson If you picked up today’s newspaper and saw your name, employment classification and exact earnings (salary, plus benefits, plus overtime) published on the front page, would you feel violated? Most police officers would. But, routinely, newspapers are asking for such information, local agencies are providing […]
Although each year brings on many surprises and challenges, none of us at Rains, Lucia & Wilkinson (RL&W) could have ever envisioned the onslaught of critical incidents that occurred in the first week of this new year. Although responding to critical incidents are nothing new to the members of this […]
A terminated Southern California dispatcher was reinstated to her position as a result of a negotiated settlement, which occurred during the middle of an administrative appeal to determine if she should be reinstated. The dispatcher, known to be emotional when given good or bad news, had applied for a promotion […]